Just Around the Corner: The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

So when I was sixteen my aunt took me to a Barnes & Noble, gave me 100 bucks, and said "Pick what ya want!" A book lovers dream!
I found my way to the YA station and stayed there for at least an hour! Later that day I came home with six books (I never spent the whole $100, something I regret) and one of those six so happened to be called "Just Listen" by Sarah Dessen.
I believe I read this book in a day and a half (up to this point I had never read a book so fast!). It was wonderful, real, sad, funny and so relatable, even if you didn't go through Annabel's exact situation you could definitely identify with any one of these characters in this book.
I admit I was not familiar with the author *sad face* (I picked it for the cover because my love for music is just as big) but that is something I have since then rectified! Because have found and read I'm sure everything she has written. Now I will say that Mrs. Dessen does have a certain formula to her books, to say what it is would spoil the stories, but it is one I that I so much love.
My awesome friend Emo once said in reference to Sarah Dessen's wonderful books,
"They remind me of summer!"
And I could not agree more and cannot wait for her new summer book "The Moon and More" to be released June 4, 2013 by publisher Viking Juvenile. I know this one will be as near to my heart as her others! The Blurb and cover are below:


Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.

Enter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. Theo's sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby.

Emaline's mostly-absentee father, too, thinks Emaline should have a bigger life, and he's convinced that an Ivy League education is the only route to realizing her potential. Emaline is attracted to the bright future that Theo and her father promise. But she also clings to the deep roots of her loving mother, stepfather, and sisters. Can she ignore the pull of the happily familiar world of Colby?

Emaline wants the moon and more, but how can she balance where she comes from with where she's going?

Sarah Dessen's devoted fans will welcome this story of romance, yearning, and, finally, empowerment. It could only happen in the summer.

Find it at:
The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen @ Amazon.com
                                                   



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Just Listen by Sarah Dessen @ Amazon.com

When Annabel, the youngest of three beautiful sisters, has a bitter falling out with her best friend—the popular and exciting Sophie—she suddenly finds herself isolated and friendless. but then she meets Owen—a loner, passionate about music and his weekly radio show, and always determined to tell the truth. And when they develop a friendship, Annabel is not only introduced to new music but is encouraged to listen to her own inner voice. with owen’s help, can Annabel find the courage to speak out about what exactly happened the night her friendship with Sophie came to a screeching halt?